Sippy Cup Battle Royale

Though usually you do have to just wait things out with kids and let them do it on their own schedule, I'd have to disagree with the person who responded just before me about your attitude. I think you're approaching it the right way. And the fact that you're asking for advice shows that you are not getting an "attitude" about it. 14 months is quite late for your son to be drinking out of a sippy cup and the fact that you're determined to change that is good. But maybe you just need to wean him off the bottle instead of the all or nothing approach. Start by insisting he have 1 sippy cup with a meal. If he cries and throws a fit just ignore him until he calms down. It sounds like he's just trying to show his power. Insist that he only have a cup at whatever meal and don't give him a bottle until the next snacktime or meal. If he seems to be thirsty in the meantime give him some water in the sippy cup. Then slowly start doing that at more meals. Soon he'll be drinking exclusively out of a sippy cup.

Some kids don't like sippy cups or even have trouble drinking from them like my son. He is unable to get anything out of it so he does the same thing. He can only use the Nuby as well. He has weak muscles in his mouth/jaw which makes it hard to suck the liquid out. Some sippy cups are not easy to get liquid out of. Maybe he is struggling with that. The nuby is alot easier to get drinks from because it takes little effort to get liquid out. Try an open cup as my sons feeding therapist suggested or a straw cup. She also suggests the capri sun drinks its easier for them to get liquid out cause they just squeeze a little and it comes up. My suggestion is there is no reason in fighting over this. Not every kid is the same and goes at their own pace. My son is 17mths old if that helps. If you think maybe he does have problems getting the drink you might want to mention it to your pediatrician. My son is in feeding therapy to try and help with this.

Have you tried giving him sippy cups with straws? Sometimes kids will take to those over the others. There are so many different types of sippy cups out I would try getting some different ones. If you have some friends that have kids already on them you could ask to borrow one to try out instead of spending a ton of money.

Hope this helps!!!! Good luck!!!!!

I had the same problem with my son when he was 15 months old. He was so attached to his bottle that I had to go cold turkey one day. It was a battle for about 2 weeks before he finally took milk from a cup without crying. After about 2 days he started to take a few sips here and there for me. He would drink water from a sippy cup though, so when he refused the milk I would give him a little water. It's hard to see them upset, but if you stick it out it will get better. My son is now 21 months old and doesn't even remember that he used to drink out of a bottle. In fact, he is now wanting to drink out of a real cup instead of his sippy cup.

Do you have any friends with children around the same age? My son had the same issues, but luckily my friend's son was only a month older then mine. Her son took to a sippy cup no problem. When we started having such issues with going to the sippy cup I started praising my friend's son on how he was such a "big boy" to not drink from a bottle anymore. After just a couple of visits from my friend and her son it worked. My son couldn't stand it, he threw his bottle down walked over to my friend's son and took his sippy cup. He began drinking from it, I praised him for it and filled up his own. He never whined or had a fit for his bottle again. Hope this helps! Good Luck!

My son hated the Nuby. He loves the GERBER SOFT SPOUT sold at Walmart. They come as a 2 pack. The bottom looks like a bottle. He was trained at 10 1/2 months. He hated regular sippys. Now he will use any of them except for the Nuby.

Try the cups that have no-spill straws, instead. My 13 month old drinks out of regular straws, so I'm going to get him these no-spill ones. My oldest used the no-spill straw cups, as well. They're great. You can completely skip the sippy phase.

First, I agree with the last person, you are not showing an attitude with this. You are simply asking for suggestions on other ways to get him to drink from a cup. But as mentioned previously he may not want a sippy cup, maybe its just best to go to a big cup. Don't forget it take some children longer than others to grasp concepts but you will get thru it. He will eventually cease the crying and take a cup once he realizes how thirsty he is. I say you are doing great, you are approaching it from different angles he will get it. Although it may not be when you want him too, but he grasp the concept. Good luck.